Wax-applying device for heel-burnishing machines, &amp;c.



A. BEOKMAN; I WAX APPLYING DLVIOE FOR HEEL BURNISHING MACHINES, &o.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1 911.

Patented July 2, 1 912.

I II I 7 ran STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' AARON BEGKMAN, 0F LYNN, MASSACHUSETTS.

WAX-APPLYING DEVICE FOR HEEL-BURNISHING MACHINES, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August Q, 1911. Serial No. 643,235.

' Patented July 2, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AARON BuoKMAN, of Lynn, in the county of Essex and. State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vax-Applying Devices for lleel-liurnishing Machines, &c., of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to means for applying burnishing wax in a melted or soft state to the surfaces-of heels and other parts of boots and shoes, the wax beingapplied by a rotating roll which surfaced with felt or other material adapted to absorb and carry the wax and apply'it to a surface pressed against the periphery of the roll.

The invention has for its object to provide means for maintaining a wax-applying roll in a properly heated condition and for applying thereto a suitable quantity of wax without liability of wasting the wax or applying an excessive quantity of the same to the surface to be burnished.

The invention consists in the improve ments which I will now proceed to describe and claim. 1

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this speci[ication,-Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a portion of a heel-burnishing machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1.,

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in.v all the figures.

In the drawings, 12 represents a shaft ourna'led in suitable fixed bearings 13 on a supporting frame or standard 14. ,To the shaft. 12 is aflixed a. wax applying roll 15 which is preferably surfaced with felt or other absorbent material, the shaft being also preferably provided with a burnish'ing roll 16 and a circular brush-17 as usual in heelburnishing machines employing a burnishing wax. The portion of the shaft 12, to

.which the roll 15 is attached, projects from one side of the supporting standard, as shown by-Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I support,

adjacent to the roll 15, a frame a adapted to be heated, said frame including an open wax trough 19 adapted to hold a body of wax 20 below the roll 15,- and a radiating face 21 which is recessed and is in close proximity to a considerable part of the periphcry of the 011 15 at the inner" side of said roll as'shown by. Fig. 2. Means are provided for supporting the frame a with its radiating face 21 in close proximity to, but not in contact with, the periphery of the roll 15. As here shown, the frame isprovided at its lower end with an arm 22 to which is connected by a bolt 23 one arm of a lever 24 which is fulcrumed on a stud 25 attached to the standard 141, the other arm of the lever having a handle 26 whereby the lever may be moved to adjust the radiating face 21 toward and from the riphery of the roll 15. The bolt .23 isprd vided with a clamping nut 23 which enables the lever 24 and arm 22 to be firmly connected. j

The lower portion of the roll projects downwardly into the upper portion of the wax trough 19, the sides of said trough being extended upwardly to form flanges 27 overlapping portions of the ends of the roll 15, the margins of said flanges being shown mainly by dotted lines in'Fig. 2.

The frame a is adapted to be heated preferably by means of steam admitted through a pipe 28 into the upper portion of a steam chamber 29 formed in the frame a, said chamber being coextensive with the radiating face 21 and extending under the bottom of the wax trough 19, as shown by Fig. 2.

30 represents an outlet for waste steam and water of condensation, communicating with the lower end of the chamber 29 and provided with a valve 31.

The pipe 28 cooperates with the lever 24 to retain the frame a in position.

The wax. deposited in thetrough 19 is melted or suitably softened by the heat of the frame a and may. be applied to the periphery of the roll 15' by any suitable means,.

such as a felt pad 32 mounted on a lever'33 which is fulcrumed at 34: on the frame, a portion of said lever projecting outwardly and serving as a handle whereby the operator may raise the pad 32 to cause it to apply wax to the'periphery of the roll 15. The pad 32 is normally submerged in the melted WVEIX.

The radiating face 21, conforming as shown to a considerable portion of the peh or spreader move any excess war of the roll before it plication, said. brush 1' on the periphery i expose portion of attached to a holder frame by a bolt a slot 38 in the holder, P t t-ting the brush to be a from the periphery of oward an 1 in cup 39 formed on me frame a, said cup pe 4:0 which extends face 23; and contains which may be com- Wicking loosely con- The cup 59 is charged elted by the heat of the erilowingthrough the essary "or the operator to sop- 39 with We); from time to time icient in quantity to enable it to overow into the standpipe 40.

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lying device comprising a l'ustahle frame located adsaid frame having a rera e conforming to the peand extending over a *iphery, means for heat- :n I ne means for supporting so, frame inaeoendentiy of said i'oli and w 3. radiatin force at difierent .dist "es from the rod appiying de'i ice comprising a a fnlcrnmed to a fixed saidroll, a frame supid independently of ving a recessed rarii a LG the periphery ending over a portion of and means for heating said no i ii and er:

periphery,

applying device comprising a earry ng roii, frame supported ti and independently ""ne being rovided with a ,1 the roii and a recessed radiating face conforming tothe periphery of said roll and extending over a portion of said periphery, and means-forheeting said frame, said trough being provided with means for applying Wax to the periphery of said roll.

4:. A 'burnishing machindattachment comprising a frame, and means for adjustably securing said frame to a fixed part Of the machine, an independently "supported Wax-carrying roll, said frame swing a re cessed radiating face adapted to conform to the periphery of said Wax-carrying roll, means for heating said frame, and means for holding wax in position to be softened by the heat of the frame.

5. A Wax-applying device comprising a rotary Wax-carrying roll, a frame adjust- ,ably supported adjacent to the roll and independently of the letter, said frame having I a recessed radiating face conforming to the periphery of the roll, and a wax cup above the roll, said cup having an outlet extending through said radiating face, and means for heating said frame.

6. A Wax-applying. device comprising a Wax-carrying roll, afranie adjacent said roll, said frame being provided With a re cessed radiating face in close proximity to the periphery of said roll, means carried by said frame for supplying Wax to said roll, a wax spreader independent of the Wax-sup plying means, said spreader being adjustably supported at oneend of said frame and arranged to bear upon the periphery of said roll, and means for heating said frame. 7. A Wax-applying device comprising a 'rotary wax-carrying roll, a frame support ed adjacent to the roll and independently thereof, said frame being provided with a Wax trough below'the roll and a recessed 1'21",

G. F. Brown, F. Pnzznfrrr. 

